Rennie, Allan and Bocking, Chris E. and Bennett, Graham R. (2000) Electroforming of a Stereolithography Master Pattern for use as an Electro-Discharge Machine electrode. In: Proceedings of the 33rd International MATADOR Conference. Springer-Verlag, pp. 301-306. ISBN 1-85233-323-5
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Electroformed EDM electrodes have been proposed and studied by a number of workers and have been found to be an acceptable method of construction. They have an excellent capability of copying minute surface details (<0.1 microns). However, much of teh work has been carried out using thick electroforms (in excess of 3 mm). Unfortunately, such electroforms take many days to produce. this paper examines the feasibility of using thin walled electroforms (<1.5 mm) for use as EDM electrodes that can be produced in copper in time-scales between 14 and 38 hours. Stereolithography models were used as mandrels on which to electroform the copper. Dimensional changes were monitored at each stage.
| Item Type: | Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings |
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| Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Engineering |
| ID Code: | 50998 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 11 Nov 2011 10:47 |
| Refereed?: | No |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2012 02:12 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/50998 |
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